A concise natural history of east and west Florida / Bernard Romans ; edited and with an introduction by Kathryn E. Holland Braund.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romans, Bernard, 1741?-approximately 1784.

Contributor:

Braund, Kathryn E. Holland, 1955-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Natural history--Florida.

Natural history.

Natural history--Gulf States.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (457 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c1999.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Bernard Romans's A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida, William Bartram's Travels, and James Adair's History of the American Indian are the three most significant accounts of the southeastern United States published during the late 18th century. This new edition of Romans's Concise Natural History, edited by historian Kathryn Braund, provides the first fully annotated edition of this early and rare description of both the European settled areas and the adjoining Indian lands in what are now the states of Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi,

Contents:

Contents; Illustrations and Maps; A Note on This Edition; Acknowledgments; Bernard Romans: His Life and Works; Romans's History as a Source for Understanding the Eighteenth-Century South; Romans's Copper Plate I llustrations, Maps, and Table; A Concise Natural History of East and West Florida; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780817384234

0817384235

9780585306667

0585306664

OCLC:

817893029